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Title: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: hzgone on June 07, 2009, 07:49:54 PM
I'm looking for some new shocks for my 391's or some type of solution for the active setup like the kwon bars or something like that.
Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: bhtoque on June 07, 2009, 08:48:44 PM
I'm looking for some new shocks for my 391's or some type of solution for the active setup like the kwon bars or something like that.

Vark bar and a joe meek shock is how I run mine

JAson
Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: hzgone on June 07, 2009, 10:21:54 PM
I'm looking for some new shocks for my 391's or some type of solution for the active setup like the kwon bars or something like that.

Vark bar and a joe meek shock is how I run mine

JAson

jason do you have a pic or can you tell me what model joe meek
Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: bhtoque on June 09, 2009, 10:37:41 PM
I'm looking for some new shocks for my 391's or some type of solution for the active setup like the kwon bars or something like that.

Vark bar and a joe meek shock is how I run mine

JAson

jason do you have a pic or can you tell me what model joe meek

It's the JM27

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JOEJM27SM (http://www.zzounds.com/item--JOEJM27SM)

Link isn't much help on the shopping end, but the pic is pretty good.

JAson
Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: EarlyMorningRain on June 09, 2009, 10:38:16 PM
Joe Meek mounts are not the correct size for the SE300b bodies. I know because I  bought those mounts and they were too large for the mic bodies. What I ended up buying are the Studio Project C4 mounts, which  do fit the 19mm bodies (that the SE300's are) just perfect. You can find them here
http://pmiaudio.com/accessories.html  (look for the "Replacement shockmounts for C4" about 1/2 way  down)

Now if you want to mount them as actives, the kwon bar won't work as I've tried that too. I ended making my own DIY bar out of some 1/2" cpvc tubing and (2) 45 degree angle pieces (also cpvc). If you want a picture, I can take one, or you can search out pictures of DIY projects somewhere in one of these threads, plenty of photo's out there of DIY projects to be found if you search them out.

Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: EarlyMorningRain on June 10, 2009, 12:00:22 AM
or some type of solution for the active setup like the kwon bars or something like that.

well, no kwon bar, but this is a fine picture of the guts of what these look like as actives
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AKG-forsale/ck91_open.jpg
(thanks poorlyconditioned!)  :)

Still looking for some bars suggestion for you though. I know I've seen some rig pics before, just can't find them now, but everything I have ever seen (for the ck9x active setup) were all DIY stuff made out of pvc tubing

Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: bhtoque on June 10, 2009, 01:06:28 AM
Joe Meek mounts are not the correct size for the SE300b bodies. I know because I  bought those mounts and they were too large for the mic bodies. What I ended up buying are the Studio Project C4 mounts, which  do fit the 19mm bodies (that the SE300's are) just perfect. You can find them here
http://pmiaudio.com/accessories.html  (look for the "Replacement shockmounts for C4" about 1/2 way  down)

Now if you want to mount them as actives, the kwon bar won't work as I've tried that too. I ended making my own DIY bar out of some 1/2" cpvc tubing and (2) 45 degree angle pieces (also cpvc). If you want a picture, I can take one, or you can search out pictures of DIY projects somewhere in one of these threads, plenty of photo's out there of DIY projects to be found if you search them out.



Not for the bodies, for the base of a vark bar. The JM27's have some variance in the size of the inner cradle. I've got two that are snug enough for the bar and two that are not.

Either way, a strip of felt self adhesive furniture gliders (couple bucks at home depot) will take up any extra space, so even a 300 body will fit snugly in one.

Thanks for the link on the c4 mounts if that price is for a pair it's a good deal.

JAson
Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: EarlyMorningRain on June 10, 2009, 01:17:12 PM
ok, here's some pics I found here on ts that I had saved

Title: Re: akg 391 shocks or active solution
Post by: hzgone on June 11, 2009, 06:12:08 PM
thanks to both of you.  gives me some ideas